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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
If I were holding the last original, you should argue that it is actually government property. How did I get it? (By the way, is there more than one original of the Declaration?)
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IIRC, there were upwards of a dozen "originals" of the Declaration. They were copied out longhand at about the same time from TJ's text (and others inclusing Adams), and sent around to be published in the various colonies. I have a vague notion that several survive.
S_A_M
eta: P.S. You know eminent domain is an interesting issue when Bilmore, club, GGG and I line up more or less on one side, with Spanky and Ty on the other. Burger -- who knows?
